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American Built Season 1 Episodes
Season 1 Episode Guide
20 Episodes 2021 - 2021
Episode 1
The Panama Canal
Mon, Sep 20, 2021
Panama Canal. An uncompromising president (Teddy Roosevelt) moves mountains to connect oceans.
Episode 2
The Pentagon
Mon, Sep 20, 2021
Stuart Varney interviews renowned architects, engineers, and historians about engineering marvels, from the USS Nautilus to the Hubble telescope;
Episode 3
Alcatraz
Mon, Sep 27, 2021
The history of the Island Prison, Alcatraz.
Episode 4
The Hubble Space Telescope
Tue, Sep 28, 2021
Episode 5
Las Vegas
Mon, Oct 4, 2021
The history of the building of Las Vegas
Episode 6
The River Rouge Plant
Mon, Oct 4, 2021
Henry Ford builds a jaw-dropping factory that can turn raw materials into finished products in just days;
Episode 7
The Crystal Cathedral
Mon, Oct 11, 2021
A hard-driving general bulldozes the bureaucracy to build the largest office building in the world in record time;
Episode 8
The 747
Mon, Oct 11, 2021
An unlikely team, nicknamed "The Incredibles", revolutionizes air travel by building the largest airplane in the world;
Episode 9
The Saturn V Rocket
Mon, Oct 18, 2021
Stuart Varney interviews renowned architects, engineers, and historians about engineering marvels, from the USS Nautilus to the Hubble Telescope;
Episode 10
Coney Island
Mon, Oct 18, 2021
Stuart Varney interviews renowned architects, engineers, and historians about engineering marvels, from the USS Nautilus to the Hubble Telescope;
Episode 11
O'Hare Airport
Mon, Oct 25, 2021
Building Chicago's O'Hare airport
Episode 12
The LA Aqueduct
Mon, Oct 25, 2021
The creation of the Los Angeles Aqueduct took men, machines, and mules to bring water through the desert to save Los Angeles;
Episode 13
The Grand Coulee dam
Mon, Nov 1, 2021
Episode 14
The Nautilus Nuclear Submarine
Mon, Nov 1, 2021
Episode 15
Michigan Stadium
Mon, Nov 8, 2021
Episode 16
Grand Central Terminal
Mon, Nov 8, 2021
Episode 17
Mackinac bridge
Mon, Nov 15, 2021
Episode 18
Sears Tower
Mon, Nov 15, 2021
Episode 19
The Poliio Vaccine
Fri, Oct 8, 2021
Episode 20
The UN Building
Mon, Nov 22, 2021
